Bottle-capping machine.



G.' G. LOEHLER.

BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1913.

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G.` G. LOEHLER.

BOTTLE CAPPINGMACHINE.

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BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I9, 1913.

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GUSTI-U7 Gr. LOE-HIER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BOTTLE-CAPPIG MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

, Application filed August 19, 1913. Serial No. 785,588."

T0 all 11i/0m 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Gus'iAv G. LoaHLnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at 'W'ashingtom in the District of Columbia.,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Capping Machines; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertain's to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to packaging liquids, and more especially to` means for inserting the paper or pasteboard cap into the mouth of bottles such as those which chine. Fig. 3 is an enlarged' vertical sectional view through the cam and the upper ends of the rods operated thereby. Figs. 4

to 8 are vertical sections showing the parts in different positions as will be referred' to hereinafter. Fig. 7 is a detail o f the oppo'- site side of the main cam from that shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9,is,a section substantially on the lin`e 9-9 ofl Fig. 4. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional View taken substantially on the line 1.0-10 of Fig. 9,. Fig. 11 is another detail, taken substantially on the line 11-11 of Fig. 4, and- Fig. 12 is a similar section on about the line 412-12 of Fig. 4. Figs. 13 to 15 inclusive are sectional details, taken vapproximately on the line'13-15 of Fig'.

9. Fig. 16 is a plan view of the bottle with the cap in place. vFig. 17 isa side elevation of another form of my'invention, and Fig. 18 a central vertical sectional view through Fig. 17. Fig. 19 isa sectional view of this form of my invention partly in Aside elevation and with the parts in another position.

Fig. 20 is a vertical section approximately on the Vline 2020 of Fig. 19, and Fig. 21 a detail in section approximately onthe line 21-21 of Fig. 19.

I may lsay in startingthat this is a machine for applying vto the mouths of bottles or jars, and more especially milk-bottles, the

stopper or cap forming the subject matter ef my U. S. Patent No. 1,028,040, dated May 28, 1912. It will be Sufficient for the purposes of the present specification to state that this cap is made from a square blank which,

y in the act of being forced into the round mouth of the bottle, has its' corners upsetrso that 1n effect 1tl becomes first octagonal, and as the cap in' this shape is driven home onto the shoulder in the bottle-mouth, its eight corners are crimped or jammed inwards() that the contour of the blank which was originally -square now becomes round and the crimped corners hold it very reliably within the bottle-mouth. f

On the drawings herewith and in the following specication I illustrate and describe my machine in two types, in one of which first to be described below the caps are cut into the shape of square blanks and placed in. a hopper from which they are fed one by one into the capping mechanism proper, and in the other of which forms of my invention the stiif paper or cardboard from which the caps are to be made is supplied in form of a rcel or roll and-is fed intermittently tothe capping mechanism proper and cut olf into square'blanks by a knife which is obviously not necessary with the first form of my invention. In either case the result is that rammed anne, ters..

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it is a strictly square blank which 'is handled by the capping mechanism so that in the act of driving this blank into the bottle-mouth,

4the above described results follow and the cap is wedged into place with sufficient firmness to causeit to remain.

I have illustrated the machine as adapted to be driven by hand with a crank on its main or power wheel, and in dotted lines I have shown how this crank might carry a rod which could lead downward to a pedal so that the device could be ,driven by foot# power, but it is obviously unimportant what is" the sourcev ofpower. However, as the machine to be described is desi ed for the use of comparatively or relative y small customcrs who might not care to purchase a power-driven machine as their use for -it is not sulicient, this detail is unimportant. In so small a `machine the bottle is put in place and removed by hand, but it is quite possible that with. a. larger machine having greater capacity and therefore Where theJ speed of operation would be higher, means .l do not wish to be limited to the details strictly as set :forth below, nor to the proportions and materials ofparts.

Vilhile l have shown -and described two A forms oi feed-mechanlsm, any suitable teedf ing devices or machin ry could be used, but those illustrated and .described are best adapted to a small machine as shown, and l could not say which type of feedingmech'a nism l prefer. rllhe capping mechanism is videntical in both eases, save as tothe slight modifications necessary to adapt it to the feeding mechanism.

`lFinally, while l have described snddo intend this machine to be used lor the insertien or paper or pasteboard caps in the mouth of milt-bottles, it is quite possible that it `could be used on heavier stock and with receptacles whose mouths were larger or smaller than shown here.

Referring first to the type of my invention shown on the iii-st three sheets of the J drawings, l will use the letter E to designate the bottle having a mouth lvl. to receive the cap C, and the letter S- to denote a yielding support for said bottle which is depressed as the latter is put into place between guides GA aroundits mouth. Said support is mounted on the 'base 2 et a trame l which is carried on suitable 3,

and above the base the frame carries a table 4- which supports the head ot the machine. rllhis head carries the feeding and capping mechanisms the moving parts oifvfhich are mounted in standards G et the framework or upon the table fl, and the drivingor power wheel 7 is herein shown as having a crank 8 by means of which it may be rotated by hand, althouglra'rod'l might extend doivin ward from said crank to a pedal (not shown) se that this power wheel could be rotated by the foot of the operator. However, asl above suggested, it the machine were of larger size it is quite possible that the power wheel could be driven by a belt or could be connected by gearing with any suitable source of power; but with a small machine as will be described below, a crank wheel is suilicient. its also above suggested, the mechanism within the base of the frame is described below as of a construction adapting the bottles B to be inserted and removed by hand, but this could be replaced by automatic mechanism if the machine were larger.-

The main shaft l0 which is mounted in bearings on the standards 6 carries a cam ll having differently-shaped vcam-grooves in its opposite faces. @ne of these grooves is substantially elliptical as shown in Figs. 4- to l inclusive, its lower points l2 being equidistant from. the center ot' the shaft l0 and its high points 13 and la being somewhat er remote trom said center but to sli^htly dinerent degree so that the point is e highest of any point in the cam--av this being for a purpose to appear. below. The cam groove on the opposite tace ofthe cam (see 7u) has a low portion l5 which is concentric with the axis of the shaft l0, and a high portion 16 as shown.. 'Rollers if/ travel in these grooves as illustrated, but l is quite obvious that the cam faces could project from the body of the cam and the upper ends 0i' the rods to be actuated thereby would then be shaped aecordingly and it is also obvious that the rollers 'might be omitted or replaced by other anti-friction devices.

The plunger for inserting the caps in the bottle mouth M acts in the nature o1 a piston reciprocating within a cylinder, but is madeup et two parts or members which will term heads l andavhereotl one is driven by each cam.' rllhe solid head 2O is round and is of a site and shape to be received within the cupped head 2l. 'lhetorn'ier is secured te the lower end ot a solid square rod 22 which has an elbow or ollset at upper end, carrying Aa pin (preferably provided with one ot the rollers) engaging the elliptical cam; while the cupped head 2l is mounted at the lower end a tubular rod 25 having a square bore slidably receiving the solid rod 23, and this tubular rod has an oi'liset or elbow Q6 at its upper end carrying a pin 27 which (or the roller thereon) enters the other or irregular cam groove best seen in Fig. 7a. By this construction it will be seen that the cams and rods operate the heads independently of each other, although the square rod 22 is guided in 'the square bore of the tubular rod so that the round solid head 20 remains ever in axial alineinent with the cup within the hollow head 2l, 'even if it is projected below and out of the same as seen in Fig. 5 and as described below. lf the cams be in the shape oil grooves as shown or ribs as suggested, rather than faces on the edge of the cam-body, no springs are necessary for raising the pistorf heads, and l would prefer the construction shown and described because the omission of springs makes the machine simpler.

lnset into the table t is a plate S0 which may conveniently carry the guides (l at the sides of an opening 3l in the plate disposed directly above the mouth lvi ot' the bottle and beneath the piston above described. Secured upon said plate is the base 32 of an upstanding cylinder 3 within whose bore lil" of a radial flange of considerable size, and

Within it are four sockets or recesses. (see Figs. 12 to 15) 35 in each of which is'a spring-actuated dog 36 having its tip or inner end beveled on the upper side as at 37, the spring throwing the dog normally inward to the position shown in. Fig. 13 beyond vwhich its inward movement is limited by any suitable stop 38. These recesses and dogs areplaced in the corners of the square 1 base as seen in Fig. 12 and beneath the corners of a square chamber 39 which is .formed within the bore of the cylinder, the shortest diameter Aof said chamber being coincident with the diameter of its round boreas indi- `cated in- Fig. 11 and thebeveled tips of the dogs projecting normally into said round bore beneath the chamber 39 and above the opening 31 in the base 32.

The operation of my machine'as far as has been described is as follows: If a blank C be placed within the chamber 39 and rotary movement imparted to the main shaft 10, with the parts standing in the position shown in Fig. 4, the high poi-nt 13 of the cam 11 first depresses the'solid head and the blank is shoved out of the chamber and 'forced downward into the cylinder-bore belowA it as seen in Figs. 5 and 14. This action of course upsets the corners of the square blank as the latter is driven out of a squarev chamber into. a round portion of the bore be,- neath it, and said upset corners travel over the tips of the dogs as they lie against the side of the solid head 20, with the result that said dogs are pressed outward as best seen in Fig. 14. The cam 11 continues its rotation until the high point 13 moves to the position shown in Fig. 6, and the succeeding low point 12 retracts or raises the solid head to its original position'within the cupped head 21 as shown in this view and in Fig. 13; but as soon as the solid head rises the dogs fly inward under the impulse. of their springs as seen in Fig. 15 and the upset corners of the blank are turned down as therein shown.

'lhe cam 11 continues its rotation until the high point 14 comes into action as seen in Fig. 7 and this again depresses the solid head 20 so that the bottle-.cap-already formed as just described-is now forced down into the mouth end of the bottle. The high portion 16 of the opposite cam co-acts with and.; is opposite to the high point 14 of the elliptical cam, 'with the result that the cupped head 21 is caused to descend with the solid l However, the shell of the cupped head 21 as.

head at the second impulse of descent of the latter, so that as the cap is placed within the mouth of the bottle it is driven by the combined action of both` heads as seen in Fig. 7, and is therefore very firmly seated.

it descends, acts ou the beveled tips 37 of the dogs 36 and forces them outward as will be clear from an inspection of this view. The

cam. 11 now continues its rotation to its original position, and the low points 12 and -15 of the two cam grooves raise both heads so that they stand as they did at the beginn ing and asvseen in Figs. 4 and 13. Therefore a single revolution of the power or main shaft and its cam results in` two impulses of the solid head 20, the first serving .to upset the corners of the square blank and the blank which then head the shape shown in Fig. 15 is pushed down a little farther (by reason of the extreme height of the point 14 inthe cam 11) and the rim of the cupped head compresses said corners and the points at either side where the material is crimped and flattensthem out on the shoulder within the mouth end of the bottle, because the latter is sustained firmly by springs beneath its support S. The purpose of these springs is primarily .to adapt thev support to a bottle which may be a little too tall, and it is therefore obvious that any yielding means for securing the support could be employed.A

` The feeding mechanism for supplying square blanks to 4the capping mechanism proper. which has already been described,

may be any which will successfully perforln the work in conjunction with this machine. 1 have shown one type of said feeding mechanism on Sheets 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings andv another type on the remaining `sheets. Referring no w to Sheets 1, 2 and 3, the nuvsolid head surrounded by the cupped head meral40 designates a 'Cam mounted on the shaft 10 and having a low point 4.1 and a high pointl 42, the same being by preference formed--as in the case ofthe other camin the shape of a groove cut in the face of the cam; and said cam groove receives a roller 43 on an arm 14 whichis secured upon a rock shaft 45 Whose extremities are journaled in suitable bearings mounted in extensions 6 vof the standards (i of the f1-ame.

Depending rigidly from said rock shaft 45 is a swingingl arm Liti-having in its lower vend a slot '47 loosely engaging a pin 48 connecting two ears 49 which. rise from-a horizontally sliding plunger 50. rlhelatter is mounted in guides 51 which are suitably carried by a hopper 52 that is in turn secured to one side of the cylinder 34 as seen at 53 in Fig. 4. The slide or plunger1 50 moves across the lower end of said hopper, through i. s insane@ a slot 54- in its inner wall as seen in 7, through a registering slot- 55 in the contiguous wall of the cylinder 34, and to a point flush with the nearest wall of the square chamber 39 as shown When now aseries of square blanks C are disposed within this hopper. preferably beneath a suitable .vei'ght 56, it is obvious that at each forward impulse of the plunger the lowermost blank in the stack will be pushed.'

through the slots 54s andj and into the chamber'SQgland the shape of the cam d() is such as to rock theshaft l5 and accomplish this result just at the proper time with l5 respect to the movement ofthe capping mechanism as above described. rlhe cam 40 as shown in Fig. 8 is of such shape and of such disposition relative to the cam 1l. that as the two heads and 21 are rising from- 20 their position shown in`l `ig.e7 the roller i3 is traveling in the groove ofthe cam l0 at the point where it is most remote from the shaft l0, but as said heads pass the, inner slot 55 the cam actuates the arm 44 and re tractsthe swinging arm 46 so'that the lowermost cap -in the stack drops in front of the plunger 50, when the cam causes the movement of the shaft l5 to swing the arm #i6 as shown in Fig. i and the plunger proso jects a new cap across the chamber 39 ready to be acted on by the descent of the solid head as shown in Fig. 5.

lilith the 'construction shown ori-sheets i and 5 ofthe drawings, the same roch shaft L5 is 'employed but. the swinging arm i6 is replaced by a segment 56 ha-vingteeth 55 on its periphery engaging other teeth' on a sliding rod 53 the same moving through suitable guides and having other teeth 52 i0 near its lower end so thatin effect it is a rack bar bywhich term l will so call it hereinafter. Ilhe lower-most teeth 52f enlgage a gear 5l which is mounted loosely' on a shaft alongside a ratchet "wheel, 5'?

'15 fast on said shaftas seen in Fig; 21,'an`d a pawl 5S engaging said ratchet wheel is carl riod by the 'gear 51 in any suitablemanner, or by meansof a dislr 59 secured to one end of thc gear and to which thc pawl is pivot- 50 ally mounted. Said shaft 50( carries a feed roller (3() standing above and co-acting with a companion roller'Gl which may be spring supported asat 62 in Fig.V 2l, and between these rollers moves a strip C of paper which may be unwound from a roll or reel C. lt

will be obvious that if the part-s are properly constructed, a movement of the rack bar in one direction will rotate the gear 5l and the disk 59 and move the pawl 58 over U0 the ratchet wheel, whereas a movement of the rack bar in the other direction will cause said pawl to turn the ratchet wheel 57 and with it the feed roller so that the paper is projected toward the capping mech- @5 anism above described.

per, and connections 67 between said lmr strip C is led forward step-by step passes beneath this guideand across the bottom the hopper, thence through the alined slots 54 and 55, and into the cylinder. This type of feed mechanism, however, requires that the strip C" be cut into square blanks @and .f

for this purpose l have employed a knife Get moving over a suitable slot-and-pin guide 63 along the rear or outer wall of the hoi;N

and rack bar whereby the descent of the latter will cause the descent of the knife anc?n the severing of the paper strip. The ascent of. the rack bar will, however, feed the strip forward so that the piece cut4 off will be projected from beneath the hopper into the chamber within the cylinder in the manner above described. IThe roll C mounted in suitable supports, and its trunnions are sube jected to proper tension as by means springs 69. Thus it will be seen that this type of my invention contemplates the use of stock which comes in the form of roll or reel, or in other words is a wound strip of paper or cardboard rather than square blocks of the same, although in effect it is cut into said blocks by the feed mechanism. v described. vlor 'this reason it may be sarothat -this type of feed mechanism includes a cutting device which converts the strip into blocks or blanks, since it is only in their.' case that the cap can be acted on by the canping mechanism of-my invention. ay add that the details of this type of the feed mechanism are susceptible of considerable variation, especially with respect to the pawland-ratchet mechanism between the recipro- Veating rack-bar and the intermittently operating feed wheel, and in' fact it is qui possibleY toY depart rather .widely from illustration,.so longA as there are suitable connections between the main shaft and feed roller for turning the latter in steps which are timed with relation to the movement of the capping mechanism, and some provision is made to cut oifthe strip.

l/Vhat is claimed as new is:

l. ln a bottle capping machine, the combination of a cylinder having a polygonal chamber, a piston head movable in said cylinder, and means for depressing said head across said chamber, then retracting it, then depressing it on the next impulse to lower point and spring pressed blank engaging means mounted to move ina plane riGht an les to the Diane of movement of said piston-head and adapted to operate bctween the two depressing movements of said head.

2. lin a bottle' capping machine, the combination of a cylinder having a polygonal increase 3. In a bottle capping machine, the combination of a cylinder having a polygonal chamber, a4 piston head movable in said cylinder, means for feeding a polygonal blank into 'said chamber, means for depressing said head across said chamber, then reti-acting it and then depressing it on the next impulse, and means-mounted to move in a plane at rightangles to the plane of movement of said piston head and adapted to operate bethe corners of said blank 'on tween the two depressingv movements of said head to engage the corners of said blank and force. them inward into osition to be engaged and depressed bytie piston head on its second depressing movement.

4. In a bottle capping machine, the combination with an 'upright cylinder having a round bore and a polygonal chamber across said bore between its ends; of a round piston head withinsaid bore, and means for depressing it across the chamber, then retracting it, and then depressing itfon the next impulse to a lower point and means mounted to move in a plane at right angles to the plane of movement of said piston head and adapted to operate between the two depressing movements of said head.

5. In a bottle capping machine, the combination with an upright cylinder having a round bore and a square chamber across said borey between its endsg'of a round piston head within and smaller than said bore, means for feeding a. square blank into said chamber, means for depressing said head across the chamber, then retracting it, and w then depressing it on the next impulse to a" lower point so as to eject the blank, and means mounted to move in a plane'at right angles to the plane of movement of said piston head and adapted to operate between the two depressing movements of said head, said means being positioned for engaging their inward movement. 1

6. In a bottle capping machine, the combination with an upright cylinder having a' round bore and a square chamber across said bore between its ends, and a slot through its wall communicating with said chamber, and intermittently actuated mechanism for feeding square blanks through the slot into the chamber; of a piston head within and smaller than said bore, a shell shaped to fill the space vbetween the head and bore, and

'meansa for depressing said head across the chamber after an impulse of the feed mechn anism, then retracting it, and then depressing the head and with it theshell to a lower point so as to eject the blank; v

7. In a bottle capping machine, the comy bination'with an upright cylinder having a round bore and a polygonal chamber across said bore, and a slot through its wall communicating with the lower portion of said chamber, and intermittently actuated mechanism for feeding polygonal blanks through the slot into the chamber; of round piston head within and smaller than he bore, a shell .slidably mounted in the bore and shaped Vto receive said head, means for de- `.pressing said head across the chamber after an impulse of the feed mechanism, then retracting it, and then depressing the head and with it the shell to a lower point, and

' devices within said bore below the chamber for engaging the corners of the blank which are upbent by the first descent of the head. 8. In a bottle capping machine, the combination with an upright cylinder .having a round bore and a polygonal chamber across said bore, and a slot through its wall communicating lwith the lower portion of said chamber, and intermittently actuated mechanism for feeding polygonal blanks through the slot into the chamber; of around piston head within and smaller than the bore, a shell. slidably, mounted in the bore and shaped to receive said head, means for depressing said head across the chamber after an impulse of the feed mechanism, then re'- tract'ing it, and then depressing the head and with it the shell to a lower point, said cylinder having radial recesses opening through the wall of its bore opposite the angles of its chamber, and spring-actuated dogs in said recesses having their inner ends beveled on their upper sides, for the purpose set forth.

9. In a bottle capping machine, the combination with an upright cylinder having a round bore and a square chamber across said bore between its ends, and a-slot through its wall communicating with said chamber, and

means for feeding square blanks through said. slot; of a cup-shaped head slidably mounted Within said bore, a solid head slidably mounted within said cup, means for de pressing the solid head across the chamber the cup, means for depressing the assembled heads to a lower point in the bore for ejectand then retracting it to a position within ing the blank, and yieldin means for holding` the vbent corners of the lank between the impulses'of the solid head and for releasing them upon the descent of the cupped head.'

I 10. In a bottle-capping machine, the combination with an upright cylinder havinga round bore and a square chamber across said bore between its ends, and a slot' through its wall communicating with' said' chamber,l and means yfor fee ing square i y assesses to depress the solid head acrosssaid cham` ber and then to retract it to a position within the cup and the next to depress both heads to a lower position in the bore for ejecting the blank, and-means for holding the bent corners of the blank between the impulses of the solid head.

l1. lln abottle capping machine, the com` bination with a table having a plate inset in its top and provided with a round hole, a cylinder having a base secured upon said plate and a round bore alining with said hole, the bore being provided with a square chamber across it and the cylinder wall having a slot communicating with said` chamber and radial recesses alined with the.

corners of the chambers and opening into the bore below said chamber andnext above said plate, and mechanism mounted on the plate for feeding square blanks through said slot; of an annular .head slidably mounted within said bore, a round head coaxial with said bore and of a size to pass into said annnlar head, rods rising it'rom said heads, cams acting on said rods to depress the round head far enough to push the blank into said hole and then to retract it to a position within the annular head and next to depress both heads far enough to push the blank throughsaid hole andbelow the tabletop, and means for holding the bent corners of the blank between the impulses of the round head and for releasing them upon the descent of the annular head.

12. ln a bottle capping machine, the combination with an upright cylinder, a table having an opening with which the bore of said cylinder registers, said bore having a square chamber across it and the wall of the cylinder having a slot leading to said chamber, and means for feeding square blanks intermittently through said slot; ofsolid and annular heads within said cylinder, a solid rod'rising from one head and a hollow rod rising from the other and inclosing the solid rod, oppositely projecting elbows at 4the upper ends of said rods carrying inwardly projecting pins, standards rising from said table, a power shaft journaled in the standards, and a cam rotated by said shaft and having grooves in its opposite faces engaging said pins, the cam-grooves being shaped in a manner to actuate the heads substantially. as herein described.

13. llna bottle capping machine, the combination with a table having an opening, an upright cylinder having a round bore registering with said opening and a square chamber across the bore, the wall ot the cylinder having a slot leading to said chamber, a round piston head, and means for reciprocating it within the bore and across said chamber; olt an upright hopper along- Side the cylinder and having a slot registering lwith that in such cylinder and laterally projecting guides in line with the slots, a plunger -movable in said guides and across the bottom oi' the hopper, and means 'for reciprocating the plunger between the impulses of said head.

-l-i. ln a machine of the class described, the combination with a cylinder having a round bore with a square chamber across it, an annular bead slidably mounted in said bore, a round head of a size to fit slidably within said annular head, and rods projecting from said heads out the upper-end ot the cylinder; of a rotary cam having in one face an elliptical groove whose high point at one end-is farther from the center than V'that at the other, a roller traveling in this l5. ln a machine of the class described, the combination with a cylinder whose bore isround at one end and elsewhere larger and square, and means for feeding a pliable blank to said square portion; of a round head within s'aid vcylindeigrmeans for moving' it across said square portion and into said round portion, then retracting it, and on the next impulse moving it throughout the length of said round portion, and means for holding the upright corners of the blank between said impulses.

16. ln a machine of the class described, the combination with a cylinder whose bore is round at one end and elsewhere larger and square, and means for feeding a. pliable blank to said square portion; of a round head 'within said cylinder, means tor moving it across said square-portion and into said round portion, then retractmg 1t, and on the next impulse moving it throughout the length of said round portion, radially movable dogs within said round portion opposite the corners of said square portion, and means for moving the tips inward over the upset corners of the blank as said head is retracted and moving themoutward to release said corners as said head begins its second impulse.

1T. lln a machine of the class described, the combination with a cylinder whose bore is round at one end and elsewhere larger and square, and means :tor feeding a pliable blank to said square portion; o'f a round head within said cylinder, means foimoving y it across said square portion and into said round potion, thenA retracting it, and on the next impulse moving it throughoutI the length of said round portion; radially movable dogs within said round portion oppo- Vsite the corners of said Square* portion,

springs pressing said. dogs normally inward over the corners of the blanks-asupbent by the first impulse of saidhead, andfinleans,

`for automatically retracting .the dogs as said 10 head makes its second impulse.

Intestimony .whereof I havehereunto set.. my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. V-

GUSTAV G. LOEHLER. Witnesses: (LA. GREI'SBAUER, 1

- C. E.v HUNT. 

